Re:We're building computers wrong [video]
by phendrenad2 on Friday March 04, 2022 @05:50PM
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To me the videos feel like a sustained form of clickbait. I keep expecting a payoff at the end of the video, but instead he sort of weaves together a grand narrative that nevertheless feel unfulfilling to my analytical mind. Take this video for instance. In the beginning he talks about analog computers and how they differ from digital computers. Then he talks about how neural networks work. Then he explains how neural networks could be better if they used analog values. But he doesn't ever get around to proving the title of the video ("we're building computers wrong"). He doesn't even convincingly show that we could build an analog neural network given current technology. His video format is just a lofty premise, a middle full of glossed-over science, and a disappointing conclusion with no hard takeaways.
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Re:We're building computers wrong [video]
by Brian_K_White on Friday March 04, 2022 @09:15PM
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I did like the impossible to measure the speed of light one, even though it has Smarter Every Day.
Ok that one has something I can identify clearly: The way Justin (Smarter Every Day) seems to be just badly hamming up the whole "this is so weird and hard to visualize" as though to pander to the audience who are expected to be baffled by the idea being presented. That was Justin though not Veritassium.
I agree with what you point out about this one.
Re:We're building computers wrong [video]
by Brian_K_White on Saturday March 05, 2022 @12:17PM
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Destin not Justin sorry. Derpyderpderp.